great go

noun

, British Informal.

First recorded in 1810–20

T is better far to read the hand-bills and placards at the door, and only when the play is great go in.

A half-hundred, perhaps, were through the Great Go; these could do outer edge freely.

I have stood on the curb in the public way with all the others and watched silently the parade of The Little Great go by.

"Yes, it's a great go," said Miss Flower contentedly, when Andy went round to her room to see her.

It is very hard to be always President of the People when one is listening and the little-great go by.

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